Do Iowans agree with Mitt Romney that corporations are people?

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Verizon Workers Fight Back!

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Healthcare partnership pays big dividends

A rare alliance of healthcare rivals — a giant insurance company, a major hospital chain and a large doctors group — has managed to reduce healthcare costs through a radical new strategy: working together.

The collaboration among Blue Shield of California, Catholic Healthcare West and Hill Physicians Medical Group shaved more than $20 million in costs last year and prevented an insurance rate hike for public sector workers in Northern California.

The three partners cite evidence that the quality of care also improved: Hospital stays were shorter, readmissions dropped and doctors and  nurses kept closer tabs on patients.

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Driving services help senior mobility without spending public money

Leroy Steinke, who is 87 years old, used to drive his wife and a neighbor to doctors’ appointments and other errands on the North Side of Chicago. Then Steinke’s health declined, and he knew they would all need to find another way to get around.

That’s why Steinke was relieved to hear that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign a measure making it easier for volunteer drivers to come in and take the elderly where they need to go without having to spend more of their own money on car insurance.

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